‘Jannic aux deux sous’ was collected by Luzel from Marie Geffroy, an “old
beggarwoman” (vieille mendiante), at Plouaret, 1870, who told the tale in Breton. It
was first published in French in September 1888 in Revue des traditions populaires
(Vol. III, 474-83) and this translation is from the French text published in Contes
Retrouvés, Vol.II (1998, 27-39). It appears to be the only story he collected from
Marie Geffroy, although the previous year he had collected a tale from Guillaume
Geffroy, a servant also from Plouaret, presumably a relative....
History
School
The Arts, English and Drama
Department
English and Drama
Published in
Book 2.0
Volume
9
Issue
1-2
Pages
131 - 142
Citation
WILSON, M., 2019. Jannic aux deux sous: Tuppenny Jack. Book 2.0, 9(1-2), pp.131-142.
Publisher
Intellect
Version
AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Book 2.0 and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1386/btwo_00012_7.